Report contributed by Wah.
For the 2nd consecutive week, Marine Sunday suffered defeats. What was similar were that we were in our all blue strip, the opponents scored 4 goals, with both games played on the astro pitches. What was contrastingly different were the way we played, and the after match mood amongst the team. If last week we felt we played well and felt good even with the loss, we could hardly say the same for the performance this week
Going back to See Chiang's archives of our past records, it was way back in December 2006 that we were last beaten by 4 goals - 5 goals to 1, then to King of Dunearn. This time, it was 4 goals to the opponent without reply from MS.
Similar to the match against KOD then, this week we were pretty short in numbers. Hock Leong decided 2 days before to bully a bunch of kids in a basketball game, but instead got himself injured when he decided to do an Air Jordan move from the 3 point line. So we had 10 players starting the game...actually 9.5 players, cos See Chiang had gone to the gym earlier in the day and his soul was still lingering in the gym behind the girl with the cute butt on the treadmill.
Anyway, you can see this first time match report writer is trying his best to BS a long story without mentioning the game itself. Well, that's because there wasn't really much to mention, from our perspective that is. Ok, MS started the first 10 minutes pretty well, though both teams weren't really creating any chances upfront. Somehow MS started losing the plot from the time we had our 11th man in. The first goal came when the MS defense tried to play a high line and was caught out by a hopeful punt into space for their lone forward to run onto. The referee - who I may add was terribly inept at positioning himself throughout the game - waved off the offside calls from our last man, and thus allowed the forward to round Seah to put them ahead. The first half ended with the 1 nil scoreline, which gave MS hope of a fightback.
Sadly, the 2nd half was to prove otherwise. Passes went astray, first touches were bad, everyone seemed a step slower than the opponents...all in all, this was to prove to be one of our worse performances in a long while. The 2nd and 3rd goals were similar in nature. Quick breakaways from defense to attack from our opponents resulted in two quick goals. By this time, we knew the game was gone, even though the trusty old St Wilfrid clock showed there were still about 20 minutes to play.
The misery was compounded when the opponent curled a corner kick right to the near post, where Ng was holdng fort. Perhaps blinded by the spinning Mikasa ball, Ng attempted to leap (or more like tip-toe) and head the ball away, only to see the ball skim his head and straight into goal.
Perhaps a change to an all white strip next week for a change of fortunes?
Going back to See Chiang's archives of our past records, it was way back in December 2006 that we were last beaten by 4 goals - 5 goals to 1, then to King of Dunearn. This time, it was 4 goals to the opponent without reply from MS.
Similar to the match against KOD then, this week we were pretty short in numbers. Hock Leong decided 2 days before to bully a bunch of kids in a basketball game, but instead got himself injured when he decided to do an Air Jordan move from the 3 point line. So we had 10 players starting the game...actually 9.5 players, cos See Chiang had gone to the gym earlier in the day and his soul was still lingering in the gym behind the girl with the cute butt on the treadmill.
Anyway, you can see this first time match report writer is trying his best to BS a long story without mentioning the game itself. Well, that's because there wasn't really much to mention, from our perspective that is. Ok, MS started the first 10 minutes pretty well, though both teams weren't really creating any chances upfront. Somehow MS started losing the plot from the time we had our 11th man in. The first goal came when the MS defense tried to play a high line and was caught out by a hopeful punt into space for their lone forward to run onto. The referee - who I may add was terribly inept at positioning himself throughout the game - waved off the offside calls from our last man, and thus allowed the forward to round Seah to put them ahead. The first half ended with the 1 nil scoreline, which gave MS hope of a fightback.
Sadly, the 2nd half was to prove otherwise. Passes went astray, first touches were bad, everyone seemed a step slower than the opponents...all in all, this was to prove to be one of our worse performances in a long while. The 2nd and 3rd goals were similar in nature. Quick breakaways from defense to attack from our opponents resulted in two quick goals. By this time, we knew the game was gone, even though the trusty old St Wilfrid clock showed there were still about 20 minutes to play.
The misery was compounded when the opponent curled a corner kick right to the near post, where Ng was holdng fort. Perhaps blinded by the spinning Mikasa ball, Ng attempted to leap (or more like tip-toe) and head the ball away, only to see the ball skim his head and straight into goal.
Perhaps a change to an all white strip next week for a change of fortunes?
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3 comments:
Firstly, I would like to apologise if I had offended anyone. Frankly, we have to accept that we played badly as a team and loss the game. The opponent took their chances well. They have a goalkeeper who seems to play like Gan.
Sometimes, it is ok to loose a game. 'Armchair Critique' is easy but none of us is an expert in how a game or a particular position should be played. Comments made after the game were very general and offers little to improve our game. Nothing personal here but those who commented on certain issues had during the game done exactly the thing that he said should not be done. If comments made are like Terk's, which are technical and improve the game, then it benefits everyone. Those who played with him during NUSS game will understand.
During the game, when the ball is at our feet, we look up, analyse the situation in a split second and made a decision to execute a move, which did not reach the intended party, especially in a situation when we are trailing and trying to chase the game, decisions made are usually in a rush. Everyone made mistakes, even the pros week in and week out.
Let's do better in the next game, the most important is that we sweat it out and enjoy the game.
So, we suffered the heaviest loss, and to a large extent, quite humiliating because we could have done better. But today, everyone of us was sleeping throughout the match and did Marine Sunday gross injustice with such pathetic performance.
That aside, I’m urging the keep the communication and interaction going. The after-match debrief is good and beneficial even though it may sound theoretical to some. We should keep this going. So, thank you, Hock Leong for taking the lead. And may I add, attendance is compulsory even if you care less to contribute.
Different opinions can be accepted. If you differ, raise it up. However, dissent is a different matter.
Of course, losing a game is OK, it’s not the end of the world, like you said. Notwithstanding, it was how we lost it. Previous week, we lost to Babylon but we fought quite hard. That loss was ok. Last Sat, we totally lost the plot, everyone’s performance was awful. We could have done better, we knew that.
Be it technical comments or otherwise, I don’t think there was any need to disrupt the discussion. I think the 2 points raised were factual – we were not dropping back to close them down and help the defence, and when we attacked, we charged up too fast n too dispersed. Certainly, Hock Leong n Chor Guan didn’t sound like putting anybody down in bringing the points across.
All points noted. We shall keep the post-match debrief going. Everybody is welcomed to bring up differing points.
Separately, we know our weaknesses and strengths…
1. If we are not the type who can bring the ball on the move, so cut it down.
2. Unless we have players who can head or bring the ball down in the box (like Yong Chua, Hock Leong, Teck Chye, Gan, Mike, Teck Wah), sending in high-ball crosses into the box to anybody else (including me) is, to me, quite futile. These anybody else – heading is bad, first-touch is crap, send in high ball to them for what? But they can be useful in other way, e.g. square in low ball and hope they attack the ball at the near post.
Armchair critics or Technical comments??
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